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Brief commentary: are we ready?
  1. Robert Winter
  1. Major Trauma Centre, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Robert Winter, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; bob.winter{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2019-209037

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests RW is the previous national clinical director for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response with NHS England, a former president of the Intensive Care Society, a board member of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and currently major trauma consultant at QMC Nottingham.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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